Rihanna named the richest female musician in the world

But she's not in the RRHOF!

Lies!

Rocco, bring me the AXE!

I'll sue!

And she's only half Madonna's age. Sky's the limit, girl. I have to say I thought Madge had close to a billion. Guess not.

Jeez, is she selling drugs?

Why not? Celine Dion has nearly a billion too.

The thing that will finish Madonna off is when she realizes nobody wants her to stay, nobody wants her to go, they just don’t care.

Meh. Its value in companies not exactly liquidity, or solid investments bringing income. Madonna has a bigger fortune and Beyonce and Celine Dion. Madonna and Dion got the MONEY and give to money mangers. Rihanna is the promise of LVMH profits.

$600 million is far from a billion. Aren’t Jay Z and that black singer worth over a billion ?

Is this in Guyanese currency or US?

bitcoin, bitches

r10 "that black singer"? Can I buy a vowel? WTF?

Madge should absolutely have what Celine has. Especially considering what a money drain Celine's husband was with his gambling. Jesus, just how much DID Guy get in that divorce.?

I always wonder how exactly do these numbers come to be? Are there some official, public records of how much money has and makes on the side like with investments? I mean tax records aren't accessed by the public without the celebrity's consent, are they? And I don't trust this celebrity net worth site to be accurate.

I'm curious myself r14. I do know those celebrity net worth sites are utter garbage. I guess Forbes knows how to dig it up. Maybe the celebrities are forthcoming, it only adds to their cachet when their numbers are big.

Some numbers for other women, but no idea where this investment firm is getting them from.

Famous first as a singer, Robyn #Rihanna Fenty, age 31, has a $600 million fortune, making her the wealthiest female musician in the world, ahead of the likes of #Madonna ($570 million), Céline Dion ($450 million) and #Beyoncé ($400 million)

Damn, she started under Jay-Z, yet he let her surpass Beyoncé? Get it Rihanna!

Clever kunt Kylie is valued at over a billion selling make up kits and whatever. I would say Madonna threw away a billion or more she could have made if she had hired a good manager for merchandising and not become such as tiresome wannabe and hag. Her products all bombed, and that must sting. But Rihanna is likable and latched onto good and talented people. LVMH = smart business.

I'm glad it's her and not Beyonce.

Beyonce had to buy her business out (was it from TOP SHOP) because it was so shiftily and shittily managed. Nobody wants to drop dollars on Beyonce products, anyway.

Gloria Estefan has a fortune in telecommunications in Latin America... I've heard she worth $700 million plus.

I told you guys in the other Rihanna thread that she was making tons of money with Fenty Beauty. LVMH knows what she brings to the table and decided to back her and invest in her companies and her brand. She will be a billionaire very soon...

Unlike those other music ladies on the list Rihanna will NEVER have to put out another album or tour for the rest of life...she’s creating generational wealth. But, I hope she finally drops her album in 2019.

how much did Madonna's wrinkle cream make?

She is beloved in Barbados. She is basically royalty. I visited a few years ago during carnival and seeing the crowds part for her was something.

She has done a lot for the island. Built entire hospitals and such

R15, LVMH is a publicly traded company. They can’t hide their numbers...they must publish their earnings.

Good for her. She sounds like a good person if that's true R25. It's nice to see people making a difference with their wealth.

She's not a musician and she can't create generational wealth unless she creates a generation. She doesn't seem like the mom type to me.

African American hip hop stars and actors have intense brand/name loyalty from their fans. There is a deep hunger for people to see themselves represented by their music and acting icons. It's crazy how a products promoted by Dre or Jay-Z fly off the shelves even at top dollar prices.

I wish I had such reach into such an audience. Unlike Rihanna, I would be doing it for the money!

R28, Have you seen pictures with her niece Majesty? She spoils that little girl rotten...Rihanna will be a good mother if and when she’s ready...she’s only 31 years old.

Mariah who writes her own songs gets both performance and publishing royalties (the latter is where the money is since you get money for radio play too).

Hard to believe she doesn't have more . Hero and All I wnt for Xmas alone are cash cows that never stop

No one can name three Rihanna songs.

[quote] Hard to believe she doesn't have more .

Mariah wastes a lot of her $$ on food and buffets.

R32, I can. Umbrella, Disturbia,Please don't stop the music. And I'm not even really a fan.

[quote]I always wonder how exactly do these numbers come to be? Are there some official, public records of how much money has and makes on the side like with investments? I mean tax records aren't accessed by the public without the celebrity's consent, are they? And I don't trust this celebrity net worth site to be accurate.

Regardless of how accurate or not those figures are, she sure as shit has more money than I (and likely everybody else on this site).

Barbados named her an ambassador last year

Dingbat money. She'll end up poor and abandoned.

She deserves it. She's talented and not a total cunt.

Love her!

For R32 - wrong, sweetheart

Madonna actually has more money.

“Madge” is in her 60s. When she ruled, she ruled more completely than any of these R&B clones.

I find this person extremely unappealing as both a performer and a person.

I'm stunned that she's worth that much. Then again, someone also calculated that the one Kartrashian is a billionaire, so I'll take this estimate with a boulder of salt.

I know it's stupid for pointing this out, but IMO it's kind of misleading releasing headlines where female singers are so rich but not because of their music selling, but because of their business investments. Like, to me that makes them smart businesswomen not successful singers or musicians.

I like Rihanna well enough. I have positive associations with her earlier hits being popular at gay danceclubs when I was in my early/mid 20s, lol.

She at least seems like she would be a fun person and doesn't seem to take herself or her music too seriously. Especially compared to the overrated, self-important Beyonce.

You do realize that Rihanna is ALSO a top selling female artist, r44? Her music has ruled the charts for the last 10 years.

But an artist doesn't make as much money with music as they used to, thanks to getting almost nothing in royalties with streaming sites like spotify or through iTunes.

I'm glad Chris Brown knocked some business sense into her big head.

And yet her self esteem is so low, she let herself be beat up by black trash. LOSER.

R32 Only Girl In The World, Work, Unfaithful

I simply cannot believe this is true, as another poster said Mariah Carey wrote All I Want For Christmas, and that song has played on a loop everywhere between November and the end of December for over 20 years. Carey has other songs that are played similarly. I can’t believe Rhianna’s songs would have yet placed her near that level.

Although it is funny thinking of Madonna’s reaction to this. She’ll have to peddle more of her anti-wrinkle cream on You Tube. Apparently it’s the only anti-wrinkle cream on the market that makes your face appear like it’s been injected with fillers. Even the die hard Madonna fans are like “Girl I love you, but even I’m not buying that shit”.

R47 I work for a musician. He isn't well known outside of his small genre, he doesn't tour (which is where the REAL money is) and he still makes an average of over 50k a month on streaming alone. In the early days, he was scared he would starve because of streaming. But apparently .0004 percent of a penny adds up pretty damn fast. Streaming services are also finally starting to pay artists more.

As for downloads We make 10x a month more on our CDs than from MP3 download services such as iTunes (they have always paid artists fairly) however, downloads are dying fast, while CDs continue to hang in there, albeit on a drastically smaller scale than BS. (Before Streaming).

I'm happy for Rihanna. She seems like she works hard, has fun doing it, has diversified into other areas (smart!), seems well liked, and gives back on top of it. Like another poster said, I'm glad it is her and not Beyonce.

Fixed it for you R32 - "No one can name three BEYONCE songs".

But, yeah we can list off like 25 Madonna and to a lesser degree - maybe 15 Rihanna HITS.

r52, thank you very much for your insightful post. As an outsider I always rely on, well, narrative driven articles. I am grateful for your comment.

Is it true her pussy stinks?

Yes.

The article is BS...if you believe it, I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

Good for her. She’s very likable and doesn’t take herself seriously it seems unlike some divas. She probably gonna be the first female billionaire artist .

[Quote] She’s very likable and doesn’t take herself seriously it seems unlike some divas.

I'm sure the weed helps 😄

She’s wealthy but not THE wealthiest. I’m pretty sure Hagdonna has more since she’s been around a lot longer and collects expensive artwork.

Her tits are about as saggy as Madonna's- they have that in common.

Rihanna was so smart by going into business with LVMH when she turned 30. A female pop star is on the decline, if not completely over, by that age. Move on to something else, instead of desperately chasing hits, like Madonna and Katy Perry have done with no success.

I noticed that LVMH brought Ariana Grande into the company last month. Look for her to be the next $500 million singer.

Bernard Arnaught, who owns LVMH, is the 4th richest man in the world with a fortune of nearly $100 billion.

No one really knows the worth of these people. Just estimates. In any case, it seems clear that her wealth does not come from music.

One more important thing is Rihanna OWNS her masters NOT her record company. She will always generate money from her music.

But for how long is the question. Will people want to see her at 73, like Cher?

R65, That’s the whole point of her fashion/beauty companies is so that she’s NOT touring at 73. She’ll be sitting back and enjoying the spoils of her labor. She doesn’t want end up like Madonna on Eurovision making a fool of herself.

Well that girl needs to use that money to LOSE SOME WEIGHT! MARY!!!

So glad it isn't Taylor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I were any celeb I’d get into the merch industry. That’s the way to make a shit ton of $$$ by doing next to nothing. Who would’ve thought that dumpy Kardashian troll would end up the wealthiest?

R168, I agree with that as well. Or Katy Perry.

Don’t forget S&M!!

[QUOTE]I wonder if Madge is eating her feelings over this...

Madge nothing ! BeYonce has gone positively tribal over the news !!

^^^Pretty clear the unhinged posts about Beyonce that pop up time to time on this site are done by pathetic racists. But rarely to they give up any attempt at hiding it like the above.

Right now, Rihanna is in Capri, Italy with her billionaire boyfriend and his family. She’s living her best life...she’s so loved up! There’s no need to drop an album or tour when your businesses are making hundreds of millions of euros/dollars/pounds...

R65 Cher and Madge are so popular because there used to be only be one gay icon at a time. Now there's a half a dozen or more at any one time.

R60 Just think, she's have another 100 million if Basquiat hadn't destroyed the paintings he gave her after she dumped him

R74. Lipstick alley Rihanna worshipper.

R74 well that is great, if she is only in it to sell make up and does not want to tour or make new music.

[quote]I wonder if Madge is eating her feelings over this...

Not likely, Retard JABBA.

Rhianna's not raiding Madonna's bank accounts.

Christ, you can't even start a thread without mentioning Madonna?

You're fucking pathetic.

Go get fucked r77...This is all over Twitter. I thought this was a gossip site...too many assholes in this thread with their panties in a bunch.

Actually I think that her true financial rival is Dolly parton.

I agree, r79. First of all, Rihanna and Madonna are NOT contemporaries, so there is no need to compare them. Go chat about her wealth in another thread...

Everybody talks about Jay Z and Beyonce, but Rihanna and her boyfriend are worth more money as a couple. I think they'll eventually get married and have kids.

Rihanna is releasing a new album at the end of the year. I think it will be her last, or at least her last BIG album. She's clearly not as interested in the music biz as she used to be. Who can blame her? Once you hit 30, and have achieved as much as her, you don't have the same hunger for it anymore. Pop music is for kids anyway.

R80. I am not the one with an erection discussing Rihanna.

Precisely r22, and I bet most of Rihanna's income derives not from music but from her business interests, especially Fenty Beauty.

Unless she's impossibly huge in some other universe that I'm not aware of, this is fake ass news. This is twighlight zone shit.

[quote] [R74]. Lipstick alley Rihanna worshipper.

Well of course. Everyone knows that Rihanna is black. She sings black music. All of her fans are black and all black people post on LSA. You've definitely got it all figured out.

Her tits are sagging, no matter how rich.

Why are all these celebs releasing press releases to tell us how rich they are? First Jay Z now Rihanna. Keep it to yourselves.

I can believe that people actually buy Fenty, her line is marketed very well, can easily be found anywhere. She really tapped a big market for her make up, basically saying that all commercial make up is made for white people skin tones but Fenty understands the best for everybody else. And everybody else is a lot of people. Unlike that kardashian spawn’s makeup which I truly wonder if it even exists because I have only seen it on the internet. Again, this is all valuation and very inflated. Media also valued that bad blood theranos company close to a billion, what is it now.

baloney, fake news my dear....

Madonna remains the richest star of all. her tours for decades have grossed over a billion. her art collection is legendary. the woman is #1

Rihanna is now the world's richest female musician thanks to Fenty Beauty make-up. Fenty Beauty by Rihanna was created with promise of inclusion for all women, with an unmatched offering of shades and colors for ALL skin tones.

Any of you bitches singers?

Fenty Beauty Make-up Tutorial

Don’t forget she also has a lingerie business...catering to all women...again on brand - body inclusivity. The Victoria Secret model is outdated and is losing money. Rihanna and other lingerie businesses tapped into a forgotten market.

What is not to like about Rhi Rhi? She actually sings HITS (unlike you-know-who) and seems to be a decent person. I love her.

R67 she doesn't have to do shit.

R86 that gif is mesmerizing.

Rihanna is awesome and it pleases me that she is this wealthy

So in 2016 she was worth 160 million yet somehow by 2019 it’s jumped to 600m? Yeah I don’t buy it.

Thanks to this thread, I've had Rihanna songs in my head all day.

I was RAPED by Rihanna!

My neighbor happened to be sitting outside and watch someone literally back into my car while parallel parking. Slammed into it. The dudes SUV has a backup camera. It is what it is. I'm not stroking out about it. The car is a year a half old. I hear the crunch. Whatever.

Heard^

R101 You're welcome.

Fake news fake money

She gave Chris Brown Herpes.

I'd fuck her for $107,000 if she could provide test results showing adequate blood concentrations of Valtrex.

[Quote] She gave Chris Brown Herpes.

Sure Jan.

R32 is clueless, and most likely over 60 years old.

I can name well over 3 Rihanna songs (Pon de Replay, Shut Up and Drive, Umbrella, Disturbia, S&M, Rude Boy, Work, Stay, Only Girl in the World, that duet with Eminem) even though I'm not even a fan, nor do I purposely seek out her music. I just tune into the radio on my way to work daily.

You do know it's perfectly acceptable to not like an artist without pretending that they aren't as culturally significant as they are, right?

Beyonce nowhere to be found. The media worship that Bey gets does not match her chart success, or lack of.

Only female artists of the decade to spend at least 100 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100's Top 10:

• Taylor Swift • Rihanna • Katy Perry • Nicki Minaj • Ariana Grande

My opinion of Beyonce is that the hype surrounding her is larger than her actual musical output in the last 15 years. She was better when she was with Destiny's Child -- I remember their music.

R112, I actually agree...I prefer Bey when she was with Destiny’s Child. It’s her stage performances that people love which attributes to the hype not her music per se...

Back to Robyn...She’s out there living her best life...more pictures from Italy with Hassan and his family.

How did Hassan and his family make their fortune?

She's also about to over take everyone having the most top 10s in history. Everything Rihanna touches turns to gold.

And here Madonna is gearing up to release yet another flop album, a flop mini-tour (cause she can't sell out a real one) and a flop skincare line. Her gyms flopped, movie career flopped, music career flopped, and her perfume flopped. No wonder she's a raging alcoholic now.

And Trump is a billionaire

Either love her or hate her, but no one can deny Rihanna's amazing ability to land hit after hit after hit after hit. I find Beyonce's critical and media hype to be in sharp contrast with her ability to create and sing a hit song. She certainly had a couple and I can name just about 3 SOLO Beyonce songs (R32 clearly accidently named the wrong artist in his post). Yes, she had hits with Destiny's Child but her solo success - while being very financially successful, can't seem to generate songs that are either memorable or resonate with the general public. Bey just like Rihanna is a beautiful woman who I am sure is a great person (even a catchy actress in limited roles) - but nothing seems to add up. Disliking Beyonce being equated with equated with being a racist on this thread is hilarious. Most seem to like her just fine, but many just don't know much about her music (as only a couple songs every get played...ever). While I HATE this term, "fake news" certainly seems to apply here. Rihanna is almost the polar opposite - very little critical acclaim is ever given yet she just keeps generating hit after hit (almost effortlessly).

R115, his grandfather obtained the distribution rights for Toyota vehicles for Saudi Arabia. His father grew the company into a conglomerate.

[Quote] She certainly had a couple and I can name just about 3 SOLO Beyonce songs ([R32] clearly accidently named the wrong artist in his post).

Crazy In Love, Baby Boy, Single Ladies, Diva, Halo, Love On Top, De Ja Vu, Me Myself and I, Formation and Video Phone

R117, Saying that Madonna's music career "flopped" is the biggest lie ever. She's the most successful female artist globally in history.

R31, Rihanna is quite frugal. She still rents. She never shops. She is a designer darling so shegets free gear.

Mariah is notoriously lavish. There's a Daily Mail leak of her spending. She allegedly spent 250,000 in one day on liquid facelifts, Botox, and butt injections. When her card maxes out, she uses the debit and credit cards from her assistants and staff and then reimburses them. Her mass spending (and mass drinking) was a big concern to her ex Nick Cannon

Poor Beyonce and Jay Z. They must be furious Rihanna's ventures are raking in the dough while Jay Z'sTidal, and Beyonce's Ivy Park clothing line are struggling.

Looks like she will have to continue performing Crazy in Love in those tired leotards for the rest of her life in order to make ends meet while Rihanna can make 50 mil in quarterly profits from Fenty Beauty.

Music at this point is just a luxury for Rihanna. She doesn't need it anymore

Rhianna rents? That's actually foolish.

Rihanna is more likable than Beyonce. She doesn't take herself so seriously, unlike Beyonce, who demands that the public and media worship her.

Love her. She's done very well for a girl whose Dad sold T-shirts on the beach. Her grandmother was descendant of the Red Legs of Barbadoes.

So true about her not needing music anymore, R124.

Rihanna doesn’t strike me as the type who will still be out there in 30 years trying to be a pop star. She’s said in interviews before that she hopes that when she’s older she’s sitting on a beach covered in tattoos surrounded by her grandkids.

Fake news fake money

R121, non Beyonce fans MIGHT know "Crazy In Love, Single Ladies, Halo, Video Phone". That might be stretching it wit Video Phone....LOL. Obviously, she has more than 3 hits (not much that are actually played in any rotation however), but Rihanna has literally dozens. BIG DIFFERENCE.

R130 lol fair enough. Although Video Phone did feature Lady Gaga.

R130, Beyonce's duet with Lady Gaga was the only reason anyone might know what "Video Phone" is. The video and song were unremarkable.

Of course, Gaga's video with her, "Telephone" was much more successful over all both as a song and visually.

Man her nose job is so obvious from that angle.

I hear Rihanna's old singles on the radio almost daily, and this on Top 40 radio stations by iHeart Radio. The only old Beyonce song I've heard on the radio in the past 5 years was "Say My Name" which is Destiny's Child.

Rihanna is the only female pop star over 30 who still gets her older songs played daily on Top 40 radio. Beyonce, Gaga, Britney, Christina and Pink rarely do. Every once in awhile they'll play Katy Perry. There's just something ageless about Rihanna and her music.

I was the train last week and heard Rihanna's What's my Name from someone's loud headphones. Forgot what a great tune that one is. I heard the whole song faintly for the entire ride. A few folks were tapping their feet jamming along. I got pissed when the train loudly screeched and couldn't hear the rest of the song.

I agree with R134. Rihanna knows how to make a great song. Something that escapes Beyonce. She only makes corny music.

Formation, Single Ladies, Run the World, Video Phone are all super corny.

She got worse once she fired her father. Her music was better under Destinys Child and her first solo album because her father was A&R and exec producing her music

This is one of the few celebrity net worth articles I could believe. I'd assume that the bulk of it is from her non-music related ventures since they seem to be so wildly successful for her. She and her team were ahead of the curve by using this body/beauty positive era to market her products to people who have money to burn but have traditionally been ignored in the beauty/fashion industry. She's branching out into jewelry and hotels too, IIRC.

r61/r88: You've seen too many women with implants if you think her tits are sagging.

r124: I wouldn't be surprised if she were pissed. She's never seemed authentic. Even in Destiny's Child, it was the personality of the other girls that made her appear more down to Earth. This is why her attempts get involve in ventures that require a personality have failed.

For all Rihanna fans, here's an excerpt from her new cover for Interview Magazine. She was interviewed by Sarah Paulson.

RIHANNA: Hey, boo.

SARAH PAULSON: How are you?

RIHANNA: I am so good talking to you. I’ve missed you.

PAULSON: Same. Are you sitting on a beach right now?

RIHANNA: I am actually in Barbados and I’m looking at the water, but I’m not on the beach.

PAULSON: What are you wearing?

RIHANNA: A custom Conner Ives t-shirt dress that is made with graphics used on my new collection. And that’s all I can say.

PAULSON: That’s all you can say?

RIHANNA: I know. Ooh la la.

PAULSON: Are you working right now?

RIHANNA: I actually flew to Barbados for a concert. One of my favorite childhood musicians just got out of jail, and he’s doing a little tour throughout the Caribbean. We have not seen him in 20 years, so I came to watch his show with my family and friends.

PAULSON: I love that about you—that you make time for doing things like this.

RIHANNA: You don’t get moments like these every day. It’s a fleeting thing, so I wanted to have it.

PAULSON: How old are you now? If you don’t mind me asking.

RIHANNA: 31.

PAULSON: Shut up! I was too focused on work stuff when I was 31—I didn’t go to weddings, I didn’t go to funerals, and in retrospect I regret that.

RIHANNA: I never used to be this way. It’s only the last couple years that I started to realize that you need to make time for yourself, because your mental health depends on it. If you’re not happy, you’re not going to be happy even doing things that you love doing. It’d feel like a chore. I never want work to feel like a chore. My career is my purpose, and it should never feel like anything other than a happy place. I’ve made little things a big deal, like going for a walk or going to the grocery store. I got into a new relationship, and it matters to me. It was like, “I need to make time for this.” Just like I nurture my businesses, I need to nurture this as well. I’ll shut things down for two days, three days at a time. On my calendar we now have the infamous “P,” which means personal days. This is a new thing.

PAULSON: You actually put a “P”?

RIHANNA: Yes, and it’s a different color than all the other events. I still get harassed on those days, but I’m fine doing e-mails.

PAULSON: If there are things going on in the beauty line, do you all of a sudden go, “Wait, I don’t want to leave this hanging. I want to take care of this”?

RIHANNA: I don’t leave things hanging. I will work all day in a meeting, leave that meeting at 1 or 2am, and then come home with a tiny group of staff and work until 5, 7am.

PAULSON: When do you sleep, girl?

RIHANNA: I don’t have a sleep pattern. I have sleep pockets. I fit it in when I can. That’s why I take those personal days so seriously. Because it’s like, “You had all of me. I gave you the answers.”

PAULSON: I’m like that, too.

RIHANNA: It’s the reason why an album isn’t being spat out like it used to. I used to be in the studio, only the studio, for three months straight, and an album would come out. Now, it’s like a carousel. I do fashion one day, lingerie the next, beauty the next, then music the next. It’s like having a bunch of kids and you need to take care of them all.

PAULSON: Okay, but as a hungry kid, I need a new Rihanna album. How much longer do we have to wait?

RIHANNA: It really does suck that it can’t just come out, because I’m working on a really fun one right now. I’m really happy with a lot of the material we have so far, but I am not going to put it out until it’s complete. It makes no sense to rush it, but I want it out. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m like, “Even if I don’t have the time to shoot videos, I’m going to put an album out.”

PAULSON: But how much longer do we have to wait?

RIHANNA: I wish I knew. I have blocked off a solid period of time for the studio next month.

PAULSON: That sounds like a long time. When you were starting your career, did you always know that you wanted to build an empire and not just be an entertainer?

RIHANNA: No, sis. I had one dream and that was for my music to be heard all over the world. I didn’t even think about the fame part, and then that came, and I was like, “Oh, shoot. Do I really want to do this?” But the thing that keeps me alive and passionate is being creative. With every business outlet, I’m making something from a vision to a reality, and that’s the thing I really enjoy. Music had led me to these other outlets, and to things that I genuinely love. My mom pretty much worked in the beauty and perfume industry for a long time—she did makeup for people and was a makeup artist—so I always loved that.

PAULSON: Did you wear her makeup when you were a kid?

RIHANNA: No, girl. I was not allowed to wear makeup for a very long time. But I would watch her in the mirror doing her makeup, obsessed.

PAULSON: Do you remember the first time she was like, “Okay, you can wear lipstick. You can wear mascara”?

RIHANNA: She let me wear lipstick if I was a flower girl in a wedding or something like that, but the first time I really, really did my makeup—and she did it for me—was at my school pageant.

PAULSON: How old were you?

RIHANNA: Sixteen, just before I left Barbados.

PAULSON: Do you remember what the colors were?

RIHANNA: There was a green and gold eyeshadow. A lip liner and lip gloss combo, that old-school thing. The foundation is the thing I remember the most, because I had never seen my skin look that perfect. And it was like, “Wow, I want to wear foundation every day.” My brother hated me for that. He was like, “What are you doing? You’ve got to wear that every day now?” In my school, you weren’t allowed to do much at all. If your hoop wasn’t hugging your ear, you couldn’t wear it. It was studs or a hoop that hugged your ear.

PAULSON: What was it like for your mom when you started dressing for videos?

RIHANNA: The only thing my mom didn’t let me do was dye my hair black and cut it short. I’d wanted to do that since I was 14 and she was like, “No, not having it.” So instead, I tried putting on burgundy extensions and I got sent home from school. They told me to either take them out or dye it dark. I left school and went to town to buy some hairspray and spray them dark brown. I was like, “I spent $70 on these extensions! I’m going to make them work.”

PAULSON: One of the coolest things about you is that you’re impervious to criticism. You are who you are. You do what you do. You’re not going to let anyone’s opinion deter you from whatever it is that you want to be doing. Does the noise ever get to you?

RIHANNA: I have to say, I’ve always had pretty tough skin—even as a little girl, which was completely due to my parents. They never sheltered me in any way. They would tease me, and I would tease them right back. By the time I got to school, I always had this feeling like the kids were stupid. Maybe that was god’s way of preparing me for what my life was going to be like. I don’t feel any way about people’s comments. I remember being a kid and being like, “Wow! I’m in a chat room. I can say whatever I want. They don’t know how old I am. They don’t know who I am, or where I am.” There’s that idea of being a child behind a screen and having that feeling like you can say anything. That child is who I imagine behind a comment every time I see one. They would never say that to my face. They probably wouldn’t even say hello. PAULSON: Your fans have become known as “The Navy.” Gaga’s got her Monsters and Nicki Minaj has her Barbies, but what makes a Rihanna fan different from other people’s fan bases? How did they even come up with “The Navy?"

RIHANNA: I think that happened from a song called “G4L,” where I say, “We’re an army, better yet, a navy, better yet, crazy.” Then Battleship kind of pushed that forward even more. But my fans are persistent, they’re loyal, they’re protective, they’re defensive, they’re fun. To be completely honest, the thing that makes my fans different from other fans is me.

PAULSON: It’s kind of amazing to go through life knowing that there are people out there who are just loyal to you.

RIHANNA: It’s an amazing feeling, because I started off as a kid, so I know my fans were kids, too. We’re all growing up together. It’s crazy to see where our paths are taking us, and how our journeys are evolving at the same time. I feel like they’re completely responsible for who I am, and where I am at in my career. God got me to a place, and they supported me and got me to where I am now. I feel really indebted to them.

PAULSON: What’s the biggest misconception about you?

RIHANNA: People don’t know that I’m shy.

PAULSON: I know that, because when I first met you, you were shy.

RIHANNA: And you are good at reading someone’s character, because that’s what you do for a living. Your gift is that you would know the exhibited behavior of a shy person. Because I kind of pretend it’s not happening, people read me as being confident. But I’m so shy I don’t even want you to know I’m shy.

PAULSON: Every single person on the set of Ocean’s 8 was a huge superstar, and I was this nerd ball who was on TV. I felt way out of my league.

RIHANNA: You’re bugging! I walked into that thinking, “I am a musician. I do not act. I don’t know anything about this.” I felt like the nerd ball, walking in there like, “What the hell am I doing here?”

PAULSON: The problem is that we were all like, “Oh my god, it’s Rihanna!” For some reason, I kept singing your songs around you all the time, even though I’m sure you were like, “Please stop doing that.” People were like, “You can’t sing her songs in front of her!”

RIHANNA: You singing my songs was not a problem. It was the songs that you made up, that was the problem. That was disturbing.

She needed a bra in the Ocean's movie. Those are some saggy titties.

Rihanna's breasts are real. People are so used to fake boobs that sit high on a woman's chest. Real breasts sling downward not toward the sky. That's why women wear push up bras or have boob tape to push their cleavage up.

Rihanna would look ridiculous if she got a rock hard boob job like Mariah, Janet, or Wendy Williams.

One thing I'll give Madonna is she never got a boob job. She always had nice breasts.

R137, thanks for linking the interview, but the photo spread totally Rihanna...badass!

Yes, R141, her breasts are real...since she’s put on weight they’ve gotten bigger in the last two years. Thank goodness she hasn’t done any work to her face...she still has her nose she was born with and didn’t go the Beyonce route by tampering with her black features.